EUGENE -- Oregon's Bol Bol was named to the watch list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award award.
Bol, who was ranked as the nation's No. 4 recruit and the top center in the 2018 class, was among 21 players on the preseason watch list announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday.
The candidate list, which can be changed throughout the season, will be narrowed to 10 players in mid-February and five finalists will be presented to Cousy and the Hall of Fame's selection in March. The winner will be named during the College Basketball Awards in Los Angeles on April 12.